it now gives me great pleasure to bring up our next speaker, bob. bob is another wonderful member of the republican representation here today. he comes from the republican national committee former chairman of the d.c. republican party. is a sign of the republican prop eight amicus brief, and he's on the board of directors of log cabin republicans. i give you bob cable. [cheers and applause] >> thank you so much. what a great day it is in d.c. and i'm delighted to be here as an openly gay man who also serves on the republican national committee, and has for nine years. i used to be chairman of the d.c. republican party. the d.c. republican party now endorses marriage equality within. we moved from, 2008 platform for supporting states' rights for marriage, to 2012 actually endorsing marriage equality in the nation but also we're all very proud that d.c. is one of those jurisdictions that permits gay marriage. [cheers and applause] i'm also here, i'm to lead to the following some of the republican speakers. one of whom works with george bush. i was an